The spy, Zubair Khan (37), a native of Kakrala Village in Badayun district of Uttar Pradesh, was arrested from the Kalindi Kunj Park. He has been sent to two days' judicial custody after being produced in in the court of additional chief metropolitan magistrate. Khan has been booked under Officials Secrets' Act, said Sanjay Kumar Jain, DCP (crime branch).
Khan, a freelance Urdu translator, is a Jamia Millia Islamia graduate. He worked for some Urdu newspapers for a while, said sources. "He came in contact with intelligence officials at the Pakistan High Commission about 10 years ago when he went there for an interview. He kept intouch with them and about five years ago he started working for them as a spy. He was paid for different assignments," said the source.
Officials said that Khan visited Pakistan in 2003 and 2005. However, they are trying to verify whether he was working as a spy at that time or not. The last time he visited the country was in 2008 for a cricket match. Since then, he's been under the scanner.
"His trainer in the Commission had recently asked him to collect information on Air India pilots and Indian journalists who travel to Pakistan frequently," said the source. Officials said that Talib could be the assumed name of the handler. Khan has handed over several documents relating to Indian Army to his handlers. "He used to meet them in Chanakyapuri area," said the official.
Meanwhile, residents of Jamia Nagar thronged the DCP's office protesting against Khan's arrest.
